POTTER v. ELI LILLY AND CO.

No. 95-SC-580-MR.

926 S.W.2d 449 (1996)

Hon. John W. POTTER, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Appellant, v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, Dista Products Company, Joyce Fentress, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth Fentress, Roma Jean Barger, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Richard Owen Barger, Sr., Angela Bowman, Douglas Bowman, Michael P. Campbell, Forrest Conrad, Saundra Conrad, Linda Ganote, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of William Spencer Ganote, Paul Gnadinger, Charles M. Gorman, Stanley Hatfield, Darlene Hatfield, William Hoffman, Janis G. Mudd, Administratrix of the Estate of James G. Husband, Sr., Andrew C. Pointer, Shirley Pointer, Juanita Sallee, Individually and as Administratrix and Personal Representative of Paul Sallee, Gordon L. Scherer, Sr., David C. Seidenfaden, Jerilyn M. Seidenfaden, John Edwin Stein, Linda Sue Stein, Jacquelyn Y. Tronzo and Tracey L. Needy Leet, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Sharon L. Needy, Paula Warman, David Warman, Maryla White, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Lloyd Ray White, and Sarah Wible, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of James P. Wible, Sr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hay, Somerset, John W. Potter, Jefferson Co. Hall of Justice, Louisville, for Appellant.

Irvin D. Foley, Louisville, Paul L. Smith, Dallas, TX, Edward H. Stopher, Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville, Lively M. Wilson, John L. Tate, Stites and Harbison, Louisville, John F. Brenner, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Lawrence J. Myers, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, GA, Frank P. Doheny, Jr., Hirn, Doheny, Reed & Harper, Louisville, for Appellees.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which granted a Writ of Prohibition against Jefferson Circuit Judge John W. Potter from conducting a hearing to determine whether the judgment entered in the so-called Prozac case styled "Joyce Fentress, et al v. Eli Lilly and Company, Civil Action No. 90-CI-6033" was correct and reflects the truth.

The issue in this case is whether the trial judge can conduct a hearing to determine...

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